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·January 4, 2019·5 min read

Fungi Causes Brain Infection and Memory Impairments: Mouse Study

Researchers report a common yeast infection can cross the blood-brain barrier, triggering an inflammatory response that results in the formation of granuloma type structures and temporary memory impairments in mice.

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·January 4, 2019·5 min read

Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Alzheimer’s in Brain Scans Six Years Before Diagnosis

A new machine learning algorithm was able to predict, with 98% accuracy, which patients would develop Alzheimer's disease, six years prior to diagnosis by analyzing PET brain scans.

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·August 10, 2018·6 min read

Elderly Dialysis Patients Have a Higher Risk of Dementia

A new study reports older adults who receive dialysis treatment for kidney disease have an increased risk of being diagnosed with dementia.

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·August 1, 2018·4 min read

Measure of Belly Fat in Older Adults Linked to Cognitive Impairment

Researchers report your body fat could be a predictor of cognitive decline. The study reveals older people with higher waist to hip ratios had reduced cognitive function.

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·June 9, 2018·4 min read

Researchers Reverse Cognitive Impairments in Mice with Dementia

Researchers report tau pathology can be reversed in Alzheimer's patients with the help of a drug. Their study reveals reversing tau pathology in mouse models of dementia resulted in a reversal of cognitive deficits in spatial learning.

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·October 31, 2017·4 min read

Alzheimer’s Disease Might Be a ‘Whole Body’ Problem

Using a technique called parabiosis on pairs of mice, researchers discover what they call 'cancer like mobility' of amyloid beta, reporting it can travel to the brain from other parts of the body.

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·October 27, 2017·5 min read

Could Alzheimer’s Be a Disorder of Energy Metabolism?

Failure of mitochondrial function may contribute to the development of late onset Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.

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·October 6, 2017·2 min read

Researchers Studying Drug’s Potential to Prevent Alzheimer’s

Researchers are testing whether low doses of Rapamycin, a drug most commonly used as an immunosuppressant following an organ transplant, can help to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

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·June 14, 2017·3 min read

Rate of Alzheimer’s Deaths on the Rise

New findings report the rate of Alzheimer's disease related deaths in the US has increased by more than 50% in the past 15 years.

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·August 31, 2016·5 min read

Antibody Reduces Harmful Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s Patients

A newly developed antibody has shown to trigger a meaningful reduction of amyloid beta in patients with early stage Alzheimer's disease.

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·July 19, 2016·4 min read

Alzheimer’s Tau Protein Spreads Through Brain Via Extracellular Space

Researchers report tau proteins appear to spread through the brain via the extracellular space surrounding neurons.

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·July 12, 2016·7 min read

Cancer Drug Restores Dopamine And Reduces Toxic Proteins in Parkinson’s and Dementia

Researchers report that a FDA approved drug to treat leukemia increases dopamine and reduces toxic proteins linked to disease progression in Parkison's and dementia with Lewy bodies.